The 2026 Movie Auction

28:51We were really tough on that movie, but I thought it was like flawed in its bones. There was something in its construction that like, no, the same way that the camera is too close to the actors in the movie, it felt like they were too close to the script. And there was like not a critical distance from how the story was told that I, I had a hard time just getting through it because of the way that, it saw itself. But I don't know. Some people seem to like it. It's just it is not resonating with audiences at all. It seemed to lose interest in its own subject matter and midway through the film, which is when I thought the movie itself sort of like where it was like, you guys, this is kind of like fascinating.

29:24And I also thought it was interesting like what happens when this guy runs out of like the five stories that he has to tell because he's not really telling jokes jokes. So I thought it was like his sort of nascent comedy career would have been kind of interesting and interrogated. And then they just kind of leave it. And then they're just like, he stopped doing that. Yeah. Yeah. he was successful there were no barriers to entry he had like he did really well and then there are very little barriers to entry well sure now you see me now you don't 50 in Metacritic 61 million box office I would have done better than that let me see if I need to update that let me double check that I thought that was just like a big success did you see it?

30:04it's made 240 million globally I have not seen MYSM MYD yet But we did spoil for you what Rosamund Pike is doing in it. Do you remember? She's an Afrikaner, right? Yeah. Yeah. She's a diamond heiress. Yeah. Which is very normal. It did huge business internationally, but not domestically. I got that for a buck. Springsteen delivered me from nowhere. We've all been there. We all saw it. $60, 59 Metacritic, 22 box office. So, Chris, you started so hot in round one. Yeah. You amassed seven points in your first round. and maybe even eight based on what happens with the Oscars. But only one point so far.

30:44It's tough. Maybe two. But can you really blame me for some of these picks? I mean, I thought Bradley Cooper following up Maestro. I thought Jeremy Allen White playing Springsteen. Colin Farrell playing a gambler. You know, I just thought these were all valid picks. Amanda's picks were all valid. You know, it's like you swing. I mean, but I won't be picking as many Netflix movies this time. We should talk through it. And if you guys want to change any rules, we can talk about that too. So Amanda, I think you had three points total with a possibility of four. Chris, you had eight points total with a possibility of nine.

31:16I have 10 points total with a possibility of 11. Right. But I think I also cheated. And so I'm disqualified. Unless we decide that we should keep more sequels. Well, it depends on what the prize is. Well, what is the prize? Your re-entry into the PGA Tour. Do I qualify? Do you think she knows anything about this? I saw that Andrew Gredadero retweeted a very long statement about the PPA. So I was like, something has happened. But I obviously, you know, that was a sorry for that happened. Not going to read all that. I'm happy to explain it to you at length here for the next 20 minutes. OK, so all the live boys can come back.

31:57Saudi sports washing. They can, but they have to give up their equity for a couple of years. They don't get any sponsor exemptions and they have to make a five million dollar charitable donation to be agreed upon by the PGA Tour and the player. Real pound of flesh kind of negotiation. And they have until February 2nd to do it. Do you think all four of them will do it? Who is it? It's Brooks, DJ, Cam Smith, Rom. And Bryson. It is the cast of Happy Gilmore 2 minus Rory. Yes. I think Rom will do it. I want them all back. I'll take them all back. I believe in forgiveness. And what precipitated this offer?

32:32It's like the Liv. Brooks Koepka is going back to the PGA. So they're creating a circumstance. Brooks Koepka, my beautiful boy, who was my favorite golfer, who was, you know, it seems like kind of an idiot, but is not a bad person, but was an early sign up for the lift tour. No, he was a late sign up. Was he a late sign up? Yeah, because like the first batch of them and it was like Rom and then finally it was like Brooks and it was like, oh my God, Brooks is going. Like PGA could really be wobbling here. Right, you're right. Do we know why Brooks wants to go back to the PGA? Liv sucks. Oh, I mean, sure.

33:03It has no attraction. Nobody's watching it. It doesn't matter. It's just not a thing. They took the money and now they're trying to come back so that they can continue to compete in the majors and be famous American celebs. Go for him. Yeah. Brooks Koepka? Yeah. It does seem like he's completely shot physically as well. We'll see. Well, that's what I thought is that they all took the live money because they were no longer as competitive in the PGA. I think they either that or they had problems with the current PGA leadership. He's not leaving. yeah yeah I read those quotes quite literally let's talk about this year's auction are you feeling excited about the year in movies yes yeah I've already seen two good movies from 2026 you want to say what they are 28 years later The Bone Temple and The Rip yeah oh shit I'm watching it tonight don't say anything I've seen both as well I've seen a few good movies did you like it I liked The Rip I loved The Bone Temple yes The Bone Temple is I'm very excited to talk to you guys about it you're feeling excited I feel like too we had a spirited conversation about our anticipated movies yeah I don't know if it is it a good slate for this game it's hard I am going to because I tried to game the game last time I actually did I really did try to win the auction okay I'm just closing my eyes and throwing darts here but the darts that I have but the darts but there is some overlap in Chris Ryan's personal interests and enthusiasms and what will play well in the auction.

34:34But I think that this year, I am just going to go back to the original concept of like if I could pay money to see this movie tomorrow. I got to be honest, that's what I did last year and I have three points. I know. It's not a way to win, but winning isn't everything. It's the only thing. Yeah. I'm excited. I found it to be a little tricky to figure out how to strategize through this. Now, typically when we do round one, we lean towards movies that we know are coming out and maybe that we know are coming out in the first half of the year with some exceptions. If you know you really want a Marty Supreme or you really want a one battle after another, you might go out of your way to get it.

35:12Sure. This year, there are a couple of massive movies that are at the end of the year. And I think it's probably wise for us to just go for them now. But there are also a couple of streaming movies that I'm like, it's not going to make any money and it may not even get any Oscar nominations, but I do want it on my slate as a show of personal faith and taste. Do you see anything from the way things broke last year that make you feel like we're at an inflection point where, I don't even know how to ask this, but it's like movies that we thought were going to be maybe much bigger, like Jurassic Rebirth, that we're just like, okay, we're learning our lessons from things like sinners and weapons, that people have a hunger for more original stuff, and would that influence or inform what you're picking?

36:00well I'm curious what you think about this my feeling is is that we're in like a transitional moment with the franchises so like Jurassic is on its way out Fast is on its way out Star Wars is Star Wars is you know up in the air we don't know there will be a Star Wars movie this year but you know there's stuff that is coming in that is new there's a new Super Mario Brothers movie this year there's going to be a new Minecraft movie in a couple of years like those are the new and powerful franchises, but we're not super likely to tout them in the same way that we touted Mission Impossible for years or Marvel from like 16 through 2020.

36:36So that makes even just the general coverage of blockbusters on the show a little tricky. It's kind of odd, right? Yeah. I mean, it's sort of like you guys might be in a place where I think the TV coverage got to like a while back where it was like, if you're covering Succession, you know that only like Succession's audience is like one third the size of like say a CBS show or something like that you know but the people who are watching Succession are obsessed with it and want to talk about it all the time and the same thing kind of goes for I think that's where movies are generally but there was like a point with movies especially with the comic the superhero stuff where it was like we just have to engage with this and also I kind of like it from my childhood so I'm just going to kind of keep my head down and me I've been using the phrase hyper niche lately to explain like how all media consumption works where people just in like very very loyal dedicated and aggressive packs move to the thing that they really care about it explains the success of so many podcasts over the years the mission of the show is still the contemporary cinema and that may not avengers doomsday may not seem like the contemporary cinema but it is and like we'll cover it it's more like do we need an hour on minions three right like we didn't do an hour on zootopia two you know Could you actually do that, though?

37:50No. Well, I mean, listen. Where does the bit end and the real you start? Like, if you just set me off, and if that were my goal, just an hour about Minions 3 and the questions that I have inspired by Minions 3, I think I could do it. Sure. I think you could, too. And you will solo on this show. That would be your castaway pod. Or interviewing Knox. We had, I was listening to the town in the car the other day and Knox was in. And as soon as the podcast came on, he said, that's not Chris. Where's Chris? So I, yeah, you're the only podcaster for him. So you can do Minions 3. I shouldn't do that. Yeah.

38:27Just simmer down. No. Yeah. Any thoughts on the state of the franchise and how it relates to this game? Well, in the game specifically, 100 million domestic is still like a low-ish bar for a franchise. so you know Jurassic World Rebirth did not set the world on fire and made Sean very mad but you still got your point pretty easily cleared so I think that in terms of like gaming out where we're trying to get blockbusters it's a little bit easier than you know we're not doing studio balance sheets yeah so I'm not that worried about it I'm gonna follow my passions do you guys make a long list of movies that you want yeah yep and then I kind of just let it happen like I you know that's the only way that you can because who people are going to introduce things in different ways yeah you never know when the bidding war is going to start for what movie yeah you know do you want to let it happen do you want to begin sure absolutely do we have a Jack do we even have to have an order I can send one right now yeah thank you alright Dungeons and Dragons have you ever played Dungeons and Dragons Chris Ryan when I was young oh okay is there a Dungeons and Dragons movie coming out no he has the the prop The 12-sided die.

39:39Yeah. First selection, Amanda Dobbins. Oh, interesting. Okay. Hmm. Sean second, CR third. Okay. Do you have a clear target? Start with a bang? Yeah, let's make it interesting. Okay. 100 bucks, The Odyssey. Yeah. Here we go. Now. Are we sure it's good? I've done this with Nolan before. I can't keep doing that. So we forgot to ask, are we doing any sort of timer? We don't have the clock running. No, we don't. I'll try to hold you guys accountable best I can. Okay, but what is the time limit? Let's loosely say like... 30? Yeah, 30, 40, 45 seconds. Okay. I'll just say this. Matt Damon is an incredible advocate for this film.

40:27Every time he opens his mouth about this movie... Are you bidding on it? Yeah, 150. Okay. Every time he opens his mouth about this movie... My anticipation goes up. I hope Matt Damon does five films between now and The Odyssey just to talk about The Odyssey when he's talking about The Rip. Okay. And most movies, like as my exposure to them grows, as you hear more about them, as like you kind of get a sense of what's coming. And I'm sure this will happen with The Odyssey to some extent. You know, you have a look. I'm about to walk away with this for 160. 180. 190. 200. 220. Okay, all right. Keep talking.

41:03We have$1 ,000 each for five films here just as a reminder. 250, yeah. Okay. Is this the movie of the year? Yes. Yes. To me it is. They've carved it out. They've announced themselves. They put tickets on sale six months ago, which, you know, you didn't like. And 310. They've collected basically every single movie star except for Ben Affleck. We're not so sure about that. Well, I hope he comes along. Who's playing Cyclops? We don't know. It's not James Marsden in this movie. I think 320. Okay. 330. this is the annual sorry honey we can't travel for the two weeks before and after this movie because I don't you know we could make seven thoughts about this movie it's July 21st is that right 17th 17th oh good okay so it's just July 320 yeah no higher Amanda has it for 330 350 okay now this film in all likelihood 360 should 370 clear at least two of the thresholds it will clear all of them well Metacritic it'll be interesting because it will clear I guarantee you.

42:05Tenet was his like settle down young man moment where the critics were like alright everybody. And they were wrong. Yeah they were totally wrong. We love that movie. Should have been Tenet on our list. Did you guys have talked about possibly making it Tenet? We talked about it. Yeah he said it would be too cute. That would have been so trolley. I mean it should have been The Dark Knight but whatever. Where are we at? Yeah. Amanda has it for$370. $400. $400. Yes. What was the highest bid film last year? I feel like we've done something at once we did like an$800. 410? 430. I'm not sure you can pay too much for this.

42:38That's why I started it now. It's an interesting one. Yeah. I paid 390 for Mission Impossible. I've just done 410. No, Sean has it for 430. Oh, okay, 440. Where are you on your Odyssey pronunciation prep? Like, what's your regimen going to be? When I was home in Philadelphia over the holidays, I started rereading Robert Fitzgerald's translation. 460, sure. And I was like, I gotta get in the gym. I gotta get in the gym with all these guys. Yeah. Telemachus. Yeah, and just be like, this is how you say Klymanestra, right? Klymanestra. Klymanestra, see, that's the fucking problem. I guess we're gonna have to do an audio book.

43:21I have several copies of the Fagels translation. Several copies? Yeah, throughout the, I don't know, through my academics. What's the number? Sorry. I guess I said 470. I'll do 500. Sean had it for 480. 500. I'll go 515. 520. 525. I'm going to go 540. Do you like any Swords and Sandals movies? Yeah. What's your favorite? He loves Troy. Well, I like all the Jason and the Argonauts movies. I love Troy. I love Gladiator, which I guess is a Swords and Sandals movie. 550. And I'm a big fan of Swords and Shields combat movies. Okay, 560. You don't like them as much, but you did study the classics. I did.

44:08This also has everybody she likes. Yeah, and I respect Homer. 575. 580. Story about a guy trying to get home to Anne Hathaway. Yeah. Lock in. Sure. 590. What a year for her coming up. Yeah, Penelope was on the list of possible girl baby names. It's a little overexposed, and I think that will continue. Penelope is overexposed? Yeah, it is. I need you to do like a straight-to-camera essay on how Anne Hathaway pulled this off. Because I feel like she was in... Half of these movies were shot two years ago. I know, but I feel like she was in some kind of Twilight Zone of her career where it was like, what's going on with her?

44:40Is she making straight to Amazon Prime movies? Yes, 605. And now she's in the Nolan movie, the David Lowery movie, and a David Robert Mitchell movie. More. She's in a Colleen Hoover adaptation. She's got another one, Devil Wears Prada 2. Come on, dog. Come on. She's got six movies coming out this year. Where are we at? 605, I think I have it. Yep, that is correct. I'm going to go 650 best and final. Wow. Best and final. Have we ever had that? We do now. I mean, 655. Is that that hard? I know, but I'm just like, I'm not going to, I want to play around. I want to have some money. Okay, David Ellison.

45:18This is completely shattering the ceiling of what someone's paid for. And now I'm taking you to court to find out if you actually have 675. Because my dad's backstopping me. Did you read Reeves' long story about David Ellison? I did. I gotta do. It's all my to-do. Really good. Reeves is very talented. $6.55. $6.60. Okay. I can't bid. WFAA. I haven't pushed my boat out. Sort of like Odysseus. Okay. What did you say? $6.60. $6.60? CR paid$4.65 for weapons last year. Yeah. Which turned out to be kind of a smart pick. I think if you get this, it's going to be great for you because it's going to tick all the boxes.

46:00I guarantee. a best picture. I can't believe you bowed out. I didn't bow out. It's for content. I tried to do a thing. Now I just gotta stare him down. Or else he's just gonna have the Odyssey. 675. 685. I mean, why not? The problem is, is that, I'm gonna say 700. I don't think it's fair that I don't get to do this. Because I think I've done the work for this for this fucking movie. Yeah, you've done the work? Yeah. But you didn't go to see the prologue. Well, no, I'm not gonna go see the prologue. Did you see the whole trailer? Yeah. Okay. You liked it? I did. I thought it was really good. I want to see the prologue even though I don't want anything ruined for me.

46:36Henceforth. It's a paradox. I think that I'm in a good place now with trailers. I know how to watch them and I know when if it's the first trailer it's fine. If it's the second trailer you're in trouble. So I will watch this teaser. I don't know if I will watch a full Odyssey trailer. I don't want to. I am going to reread the book though. We're in the fucking movie theater all the time. How are we going to miss it? Because you guys always come like one minute before the movie starts. That's what she does. I don't do that. Yeah, what I do. And or I look at my phone. I'll just, you know, keep shopping.

47:06How much do you like... My 2026 memo. Don't do anything else on your phone but shop? I spend a lot of time just on the RealReal app. Like, I'm not actually buying things. I'm buying things more often than I should. But... What are you? It's 705? Yep. 706? Do you... 707? Do you know about their... I know what the RealReal is. I used to do ads for them all the time. And then they... Are you serious? Strangely abandoned me. Yeah. You did Real and I didn't get RealReal ads? This is like back when I was in the fucking broom closet making the watch, man. Like I was... 709. Yeah, 711. Okay. Wow. I like it.

47:42Chris Hogan always open. But like RealReal is its own world, you know? So I got like a bunch of... It's just a way to... It's like Letterboxd. Spend time. Yeah, it is. It is like... Well, that's obviously what I do on my phone is I just look at the five Blu-ray, you know, companies that I can buy stuff from and look at Letterboxd when I'm trying to not watch trailers. I read about Trump. Okay. Yeah. For 11 hours a day. You've been resisting really well lately. Like I've observed the way in which you've been resisting and it has been strong, forthright, decent, ethical, and loud. You've been very loud.

48:18All those skeets on Blue Sky. It's been amazing. If you're not following Chris on Blue Sky, check it out because he's had some vociferous language against this administration. This will not stand. Zendaya is Athena. Athena, like I wouldn't have named a child Athena, but because I'm not that like. Honestly, Amanda, it's not too late. It's not too late to go back and name Zai Athena. I knew an Athena in college. It's a great, oh, listen. She was. Yeah, of course. She was. You have to bet. She was also Greek. Well, right. That's the thing is that I don't, I don't have the heritage and I'm not quite like.

48:53Is naming your Greek kid Athena kind of like naming an Italian American kid Polly Walnuts? It has been 45 seconds. Okay, who hasn't? Where are we? We're at CR for 7-11. Okay. Not calling it over, just stating the fact. 7-14. I think I had it, though. Like, technically. Yeah, he did technically have it. By the rule of law. Well, he just said it's been over a minute. Yeah, you should post that on Blue Sky. See if you don't need feedback. Technically, I had the Odyssey. 7-14. 7-15. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. 7-16. are you out or are you waiting I think I might be out 720 720 yeah you might be out I think so 725 okay is this a prequel or a sequel we only have to draft five movies here right five movies okay I mean it is technically it is a sequel to Troy the film but it's not made I mean in the sense that the Odyssey is continuing the events of the Illusion 722 725 737 740 771 777

50:12784 I don't think you deserve this I agree I think you love movies and you love cinema but I don't know if you love Nolan enough to have this you don't get to you don't get to come in at the end you don't get to tell me what I deserve you are a guest in this chair we allowed you to roll this chair into this room

50:38I can't let you have it I can't great play the game with me go what are you at go 787 go no Sean just outbid himself but that's fine yeah you're at 784 787 is the number 788 what are you afraid of I'm afraid that you're going to leave me at like$7.95 and be like, ha ha, you overpaid for The Odyssey. This is the most dangerous game. I don't think that you can overpay for it. But the problem is that in the past,$8.15, I've gotten to points in the auctions where I wind up drafting like four other movies for a dollar. So if you really want to, yeah. You know what? You can do it. What did you say? $8.12.

51:19You said$8.15. Yeah. That's where you're at. you could do you could just do 996. Yes. And then you have and then he can't But then I don't get to really bid for the rest of the time. Yeah, and it's not fun. Yeah, that's true. CR is at 815. In a tough spot. Yeah. You know, but here's the thing. We've been potting for about an hour. We've got a good solid hour of content. Most people are kind of cycling out of pods at this point anyway. Sure. So I was just trying to get this up. I was really glad that Amanda put it on the board at the outset. I get too reliant on the data, man. What do you mean?

51:52Because you're an artist. I am truly not an artist. Look at the canvas and do what you feel. Don't worry too much about the demos. The truth is, I'm an editor. I'm a strategist. I've always been an editor and a strategist. And I will be until I die. Okay. 823. I'm reading here on the Wikipedia page that Christopher Nolan described Odysseus as complicated, quote, an amazing strategist. There you go. Oh, that's why. And a very wily person. Because you see yourself as this guy stuck out in the ocean. I'd do anything to get back to my family. Yeah. I would. 830. I'd take you to the fucking wall.

52:31830. That's the number. Why do you feel you need this? What is it? Because I've been thinking a lot about risk. Because you cried at Inception. I've been thinking about risk. Risk. Yeah. Risk in cinema. Is this a risk? It's a risk. Okay. He's in his like mega blanks. Is it a layup to take the fucking the story? The only story. I don't think it's a layup, and I'm not trying to denigrate what he's done here. And to do practical effects. This is a well-known story. In UNESCO sites. In UNESCO sites. He cast a real Cyclops. He is honoring that. Yes. These sirens are real. That Scylla is a real Scylla.

53:07But Matt Damon's like, he doesn't, it's all practical. When you're on the set, you're like, holy shit. 850. Go, go, go. 855. Yeah. I love it there's only one way of it up you guys been to Greece never never I'd like to I'd like to go maybe we could go for the movie let's do it live Greece pod I'm available do you think we have Greek fans I don't know I'd love to hear from them I bet there's like an American who happens to be working in Greece who's like I like this podcast one American yeah in the whole country that would be nice what about a Brit that'd be great yeah they 856 I've only been once on my honeymoon it was amazing oh you were on your honeymoon did you go to any of the classical yeah I did so we went 860 we did Greek islands for the honeymoon you know like a pretty classic honeymoon thing but we did fly through Athens and with the flight schedule we ended up spending a night in Athens and I sort of without a lot of research I was just like well I'll just pick this hotel 860 and it turned out to be like 500 yards from the Acropolis that's great which was like lit up at night and you could walk right up to it.

54:18Our night in Athens was one of the most unplanned magical parts of the trip. It was really cool. I'd like to go back. That's wonderful. I said 862. 864. You okay? You're feeling a little loose. 864. Also, I want to go wherever they went in the trip to Greece. The 2020. Oh, the Rob Brydon. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, wonderful film. Underrated. All the trip films. 864. Where in Greece do they go? What if I told you you could have a Mets World Series, but you have to give up the Odyssey? Would do it in a heartbeat. I would do it in five seconds. Yeah. I would do it in one second. Do you believe Bradley Cooper when he says that he wants an Eagles Super Bowl win over an Oscar?

55:04Yeah. You do? Yeah. I think Bradley Cooper kind of knows all this bullshit. Flags fly forever. I think he's right. But I don't know because I've never experienced it. I was thinking back the other day about how it's been... The teams that I root for have one title in 53 years. Where are we in the auction? 53 years. Sean has it for 868. Has that title happened in your lifetime? I was four years old. 868. It was a mess. It's 868. 870. Okay, so here's the upside of me getting it at 9.96. I can still host the show and talk about the movies and also like people don't really like me anyway so they don't want me to get good stuff what's going on with you?

55:49but you guys like can then compete in an amusing way but not a way that is toxic but what if she and I just do our frickin' frack thing and like we just pick a bunch of movies that like well that would suck yeah Pylos Ithaca I'm just I'm googling that's why I want this film is I'm a graduate of Ithaca College the can you claim that? can you claim where are we? 870 something? You have it for$870. I do. $875. Nine best and final. Nine. Nine. Best and final. I'm walking. I'm walking out. My lawyers, the lawyers have the car running. They're keeping the engine warm. We already know based on your return to the bidding at$700 that you are spineless.

56:32$900 best and final. No. That's all I can do. The Pellion is where I Googled and I wanted to go in Greece. just having her own little podcast over here. Well, you guys, yeah, if anyone knows about it, I'm sorry if I'm not pronouncing it correctly, but it looked really beautiful. And I remember I watched the trip to Greece. 900 best and final. I mean, 901. Okay.

56:59You can't hurt me. What are you going to do? 903. 903. I've fired my lawyers. The person that this affects the most is Amanda, because you've got to step up for the rest of this podcast. No more Wikipedia. You've got to carry us. Oh, I'm sorry that I'm not providing color commentary about Greece. Okay. Who is your favorite character from The Odyssey? They also shot it in Scotland. I was going to ask you guys how many Odyssey characters you could name. Let's save that for The Odyssey episode. Okay. Or the pre-Odyssey. So I haven't read. Do you guys know about the book, Circe? Do you know about this whole?

57:34Oh, like a kind of revisionist tape? Yes. Yeah. You know what? 902. He already said 903. 904. 905. 906. 920 best and final. 921.

57:52Okay. This is what happens when I try to teach you about the perspective of women. I thought it was like in school for me too. 925. 926. I'm out. No, I really am out. You can have it. Okay. What? All right. There we go. With room to move. I'll take it. You did good. You did good. I just wanted to talk about a different movie. Okay. This is real. Like, it's just, you just have to run out the clock on you. But at some point, you will get fidgety and you'll go to something else. Well, my shirt's just like grabbing that weird way. Is this Carhartt? What are we, is this big, what is brother? Universal work.

58:31Okay. I don't know. All right. This was a good one to do because it is July. so we will have some clarity on where we're going with it. There's a bunch of movies so I have to put a movie up now. I'm very happy to have this honestly because I don't think there are very many tic-tac-toe contenders this year that could hit all three. You'd be surprised if this got 85 on Metacritic, right? What? Because it's a blockbuster. I think Oppenheimer skewed everything. Critics can be surly. Critics can be surly and be like, I don't know whether I need to. What did New Seller get on Metacritic? I was just looking up Inception.

59:04Inception has a 74. That's fucking deranged. But that's what I'm saying. His movies are not a guaranteed... Oppenheimer changed everything. Interstellar is a 74. Okay. Interstellar. No, I didn't ask about Interstellar. I asked about Dark Knight. I'm looking up the Dark Knight. I would guess it's sub 85. It's 85 even. Ah, so there you go. The most acclaimed comic book film of all time is an 85 even. Interstellar might be the most beloved movie out of all three of those that you just mentioned. Okay, well... Possibly. Dunkirk, probably over 85. Yes. This is a podcast for grownups, so not here. What movie should I put on the board?

59:40You want me to pick it for you guys? I guess I should pick it. You have$74. Yeah, no, I know, but I'm not going to be able to outbid anybody with$74 right now. Like if I put a big movie up. Well, do whatever you want. It's your time. We'd like you to engage with us. I promise you I will. Okay. Gosh. Where should we go from here? I guess I'll put up for one dollar Weathering Heights Emerald Fennell's adaptation now I do want to talk about this this movie's coming out very soon it's coming out so soon when are they going to start showing it to people I don't know it's coming out in a month so presumably in the next two weeks people will start to get a chance to see this put his hand in her mouth that's right you a Bronte guy not really but I get it okay I get it alright The ripping the bodice, you know?

1:00:32Is that how you're saying bodice? I think it's bodice. I have historically said bodice. I guess I've never said bodice out loud. Okay. Have you ever torn a bodice without knowing how it's pronounced? No, I've never like ripped a woman's clothes off, you know? You never have? No. Never torn any fabric. Have you... Torn them off? Like, you know? Have you... Sorry if I'm like seeking consent, you know? Have you had sex with me or...

1:00:58Okay. So every time you have sex with a woman, you look her directly in the eyes and you say, excuse me. All right, that's getting cut.

1:01:11That's getting cut. Come on. You gotta leave it in. Jamie, that's his vice president. That's getting cut. All right, on the record, Jack Sanders, you know, playing my flag. You gotta leave that in. That was too good. Okay, so.

1:01:27Okay. this pod is going to be three hours long alright so one dollar so we got a nice email this morning from Richard Pickard who works at DFI and he shared with us that Emerald Fennell did a syllabus for this film oh that's cool so she identified all the movies that inspired this movie and it's an incredible lineup of movies I'll read a few of them off to you guys definitely been over 45 by the way just going to one dollar is on the board for Sean got it okay a matter of life and death from the archers five dollars far from the madding crowd Schlesinger's adaptation The Night Porter Bram Stoker's Dracula Come on Saltburn Get in here Okay Oh yeah I like Saltburn David Cronenberg's Crash Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet Yeah Two Catherine Briot films The Handmaiden Park Chanbrook That's right And Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled Yeah Those are the key The inspiration points For her Weathering Heights adaptation By the way Your Beguiled jokes On the $9 Top 50 rewatchables $9 $10 $11 I was laughing a lot I thought it was really, really funny.

1:02:28I was just like, we were trying to figure out, remember the name of the Beguiled and be like, who was the one where Colin Farrell? You were suggesting other Sofia Coppola movies that might be on Bill's list after Lost in Translation. And it was very funny. I liked it. You guys did a good job on what was my favorite podcast of 2025. Thanks. Shout out to Bill. Sometimes you should not prepare. You have it for$11. I have$11 right now? Yep,$11. This movie could be a huge hit. $15. Yeah. I think critically, there's definitely a swing back potential for Emerald Fennell we're underrating women at the box office we're underrating women women powered as the housemate it's a Valentine's Day we are probably overrating the importance of a of a intelligent script versus everything else that this movie has going for it that we're excited about Jacob Lorty Jacob Lorty Marco Robbie Charlie XCX is she in it or she just do the music she does the music yeah the whole score but you're not brat so $22 $2.

1:03:26Yeah. I feel like this is a good movie. It's just a fun movie to have. Yeah. I might hate it. I really did not like Salt Lake. $22, is that where you're at? $22, yeah. $25. $30. The syllabus talked me into it. I'll do$30. She's got two Catherine Briot films here and David Cronenberg's Crash. Like if she's channeling either of those things. She's got to get MCs and she's got to get BOs. That's what she's got to do. BOs I think is a cheap. I think it's possible. I think BO might be possible. So what does she have to get to money-wise? $100 million to get a point. I don't think it's an Oscar movie.

1:03:57Salt Byrne wasn't an Oscar movie. Promising Young Woman was in COVID. She won an Oscar for Promising Young Woman. Best original screenplay. What number are we at? Amanda has it for 30. 35. I gotta be careful here. I was gonna try to reread this. But then I remembered the experience that I had with Train Dreams where I had not read the Dennis Johnson novella. Yes, and you liked it more. Yeah, and I just went in and... Because I have read the Brontes, but I'm obviously, I'm Austin, not Bronte. I read Train Dreams after I saw the movie, and I was like, huh. $40? That's weird choices here in the adaptation.

1:04:37Yeah. $40? Did you do Vineland after? Before. Thank you also for, sorry, you are closer to me. That's okay. And it's nice to have you here. And also, I'm waking you up. The pinch and pinch on thing. That was so strange. That was a good note. We didn't talk about it on Sunday night, but I did also panic. I was like, is this how we're saying? Because he probably has at least talked to him on the phone. I would assume so. Yeah. Or maybe just over like carrier pigeon. You know, you can imagine there's a world in which their correspondence was virtual. And Thomas Pinchon was like, it's Pinchon, actually.

1:05:12Yeah. And if like anyone knows. The thing I liked about on the watch, you talked about Paul Thomas Anderson's pronunciation of Pinchon versus Pinchon. He said Pinchon at the Golden Globes. and you identified it as a California, LA nasally surfer thing. Yeah, kind of a Pinchon, man. Yeah. You know, Thomas Pinchon. That was astute. Thanks, dude. I like that. Where is the bidding right now? Amanda has it for$40. Okay. $45. All right. I'm looking at my list. I'm pumped for this episode because this episode will also feature Pillian, which is one of my favorite movies of last year that people haven't seen yet, but it comes out the same weekend.

1:05:45What do you mean? Like you're going to talk about Pillian? old movies together. Oh, yeah. Okay. As Wuthering Heights, I thought you meant this auction episode. I was just like, what? Not this episode right now. The one that we'll do in February. Yeah. For Valentine's Day. $50. $50. $50. Man, how hot is this movie going to be? How racy. How sexy? Yeah. Have you seen The Handmaiden? Yeah. I mean. Yeah. Okay. You know, that movie gets after it. You're at$50? Mm-hmm. $55. Okay. Where are you on? I'm not going to. $60. where are you on a lordy Chris Ryan really good question I'm a fan I think he's like a kind soul seems like a good guy he seems like a nice guy yeah he does I feel bad for him he seems like he's getting harassed by paparazzi a lot he's not reacting well to it there were some photos of him talking to Chase Infinity and she seemed yeah mesmerized I would guess so I mean he just he is very tall yeah the AI the quote about not wanting to talk about AI I'd rather be kissing on a beach getting sunburned, reading a novel.

1:06:49All time. He had me forever. And then he said the last movie that made him cry was Sense and Sensibility. Yeah. Kate Winslet. Just throwing you the vibe. Think he's been listening? I just... The future Mr. Dobbins? I think that we would have a lot to talk about. Second husband? That's all. Do you and your partner have a celebrity hall pass? We have not discussed hall passes. I think because we're both sort of horrified by what the other person... who the other person would choose as a hall pass. It sounds like you would choose Jacob Lordy. Yeah, but I think in all of my other interests, Zach seems somewhat disgusted by, and it doesn't reflect well on him.

1:07:31And, you know, Sean, Zach, and I had a conversation on the subway recently about some of Zach's preferences. You know, the Fergie thing that you and... No, Fergie is him alone, and Kaylee Cuoco is you and Zach together. and I just go in a different direction. I'm totally fine with that. Also, if you've listened to my work, you understand. What's the bidding right now? You have it for$60. I asked because there's a film at Sundance that David Wayne directed called Gail Daugherty and the Celebrity Sex Pass about a couple and a guy, I believe, meets his sex pass, his hall pass. And does the deed. And does the deed with her.

1:08:11And then a woman, Zoe Deutsch, goes to try to get her pass checked. Yeah. 60. What are you at? 60? 75. Oh, OK.

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1:09:42Man, I think you're right. Metacritic, I don't know, bro. What did weapons get on Metacritic? What did Barbarian get on Metacritic? I'm just allowed to get up, right? I really liked weapons, but I'm not bidding on this. No, but my hair, the one little cowlick is coming out. No one can see that. Literally no one can see that. It keeps going like this, and then in the thumbnail, there's a line right here. I don't like it. The thumbnail? Yeah. We have AI Jack Sanders. Who can get all that out? You know what? Jack, can you get ChatGPT to fix the cowlick on Amanda's hair? That's exactly what I'll do.

1:10:16Thanks, bro. Weapon's got an 81 on Metacritic. I am opening the bidding at$40. $45. Okay. I am opening the next round of bidding. You're not opening anything. $60. $62. We'll just see whether we can... Are you excited for this? I mean, I'm pumped. Resident Evil is... I played a couple of the chapters, yes. What happened in those chapters? Well, there's a lab leak. Great. A lab leak. Oh, good. There's a problem in a small town in the Midwest that is being, like, essentially, it's a company town for a chemical company. And, you know, you're this chick, and you go to the town. Oh, so it's representation for women in STEM?

1:11:00The movie is Austin Marbles. I mean, Zach Kroger has said, like, this is going to have almost nothing to do with the video game in terms of its story. it's going to be spiritually an adaptation. So what is this? Said to me. What is this spirit that it is? Must credit Sean Fessy. This was number six of my most anticipated. Okay. What is the spirit then that it is adapting? Describe it to me. The spirit is just like you're walking around this town fucking slaughtering zombies and freaks of nature. Cool. And it's a really fun game. And then sometimes you solve puzzles. Okay. Like how do I get up to the second level if I have to move boxes to get up there?

1:11:35I learned some additional information about this movie from someone who has explicit knowledge of the movie last Friday. And I won't be spoiling it here for listeners at home. So you're just like letting us know that you know. Yeah, it's actually a crypto adaptation of Wuthering Heights. So it's kind of weird that they're coming out in the same year. Crypto like it's about Wuthering Heights if they had crypto? Yeah, it's about Doge. Where are we at? CR, I believe you have it for$60. $62. 65. I don't know how much money I have left. You have$74. So just take it from him. 66. 70. Well, I can't do that.

1:12:15So I can't go up any. Well, I can go up. Yes, you can. I can go to 71. 72. So I have Wuthering Heights and Resident Evil. Sick. What a fucking guy I am. That's true. You can have it all. I don't think either of those are going to cross any of the threshold except for domestic box office, but that's good. I disagree. You think they're getting Oscars? I don't know. Metacritic. Weapons got 81 and it was one of the most acclaimed horror movies of the last 10 years. Why are we using Metacritic then? If Metacritic is giving... He said last year, he was like, I set this way too high. 85 is really hard.

1:12:50No, I didn't. The whole point was that it's hard to hit. But then you drafted like nine sequels. No, I got it. It was just an accident to get this. That's the thing. You got a Palme d 'Or watch. You got a cam watch. Okay, I'll worry about I'll fucking Palme d 'Or next action. Because those are not American films? Why would I care about Palme d 'Or? I don't get extra points for being a con. No, but those are the films that get the best reviews. They do. Yeah. Let's see. Okay. We'll see. If it's not in English, you won't watch it. That's what you said? No, I've been watching tons of Japanese films.

1:13:19Interesting. Like what? I watched Cloud the other day. Yoshi Kurosawa's Cloud. What'd you think? That'll fucking make you bummed out about modernity, man. Yeah. How is your black market selling going? My reselling? Is everything okay? My dropshipping? oh god it's tough out there you know what are all your side businesses let's talk about them because Amanda's got to figure out what she wants to put up oh I believe it's CR yeah no it's my turn oh we do Snake yeah oh my bad so it's like I'm just I'm just sitting here do we need to do Snake learning about I don't know we don't but I'll just put the movie that we need to talk about anyway it's Doom Part 3 okay so it's a little early to put this on the board early in this auction because we've been here for quite a while well it's a movie that's not coming out until December yeah but you're getting in early on something that will probably get best picture probably break the box office and probably do Metacritic well maybe not Metacritic what did Dune Part 2 get?

1:14:11probably sub 85 from the geniuses of the critical community shots fired who are your least favorite film critics? I mean this isn't Dune Part 2 got a 79 alright sure so maybe it won't get maybe it won't get an 85 but I think it'll get best picture as the kind of like Return of the King nod. I wonder. Avatar is obviously not getting that. Wicked didn't get that. It might. It might. Obviously, I'm not going to doubt Dune Part 3. I love the first two movies. When we were talking about Dune Part 2, you kept invoking Return of the King. Yeah. And we kept screaming, no, Dune 2 is the time to do it because Dune 3 is going to get weird.

1:14:53That said, I think it definitely will be nominated. What is your bid? What's your bid? 50 bucks. Okay, 75. I realized that I was off. I was wrong about like my Dune 3 it's going to be weird but it's not going to be as weird as it could be in terms of like what happens in the future books that was my bad I haven't read them that was just propaganda in terms of celebrities you said 75? I did say 75 90. 100 this is not this could tic-tac-toe for sure yeah this could tic-tac-toe and it's not the Odyssey but it does have Chalamet Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy Momoa, Brolin, Rebecca Ferguson, and Robert Pattinson.

1:15:34Oh, yeah. Big ear for Rob. Yeah. Big shot Bob. Big shot Bob. What is the bidding? You have it for$100. $125. Okay. $150.

1:15:48$175. I'm really fascinated to see how this is received. I know it's going to be a hit. $200. It's probably going to get moved to... feels like mid-October is the time to put this movie out. From December? Yeah. They can move it up two months like that? Sure. Yeah, it's happened before. I think staying on that date is not wise. Well, the problem is all the competition for IMAX screeners, right? There's no big... That's exactly why. Right. The PLFs. But Narnia is not until... Do you know the title of Greta Gerwig's Narnia film without Googling it? No. Why in the witching? Narnia, the magician's nephew.

1:16:26is not until November. Gotta lock in. That needed a couple more minutes in the oven. So, the magician's nephew? That is apparently, it is the prequel to Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe. I learned this from Wikipedia the last time that we were podcasting about this. It is apparently about the creation of Narnia. Wow. If I were Dune 3, I would go to October 16th. Amanda has it for$200. $220. October 16th has one wide release film right now. How much do I have left, Jack? You have almost all of it. You've only spent about like$150. Just killing it. You lost the Odyssey. I don't know what to tell you.

1:17:08Okay. You lost the Odyssey. You're the fucking Nolan guy. You're like, I define my life by being a Nolan head. Yeah, but I wanted to participate in this podcast. I wanted to make good content. I'm right here talking. Yeah, but like you're kind of not. You're not. Now you're like, when am I going to get to pick again? I'm thinking about Kyle Tucker on the Mets. That's what I'm thinking about. Did that happen? It could. four years 160 opt out after two what do you say what do you say Jack you don't get to talk about baseball player contracts like we're talking about movies 160 with an opt out after two years would you sign up for that I would contribute all of my savings to the contract to make that happen because he's a good glove no because he is is he not a good glove he's a five war player he's fine in the outfield he's a totally average outfielder no left fielder or right fielder but they'd probably move him to the left to what is it I said 250 275 this is way undervalued right now in my opinion okay Thank you so much for your contributions.

1:17:56I mean, this is for me to talk. This is what I'm saying. You are... I'm surveilling the land. You are the polymarket Chiron at the bottom of this broadcast right now. $300. $320. Are you actually excited for this? Do the rest of this in Mark Malkin voice. $350. So she said no to$10 million to do the play-by-play at the Globes. Would you do it with me? Because look at what happened to Mark Malkin. I knew on Sunday night. I was like, this is not good. Can't happen to me. Yeah. That can't happen to me. I'm impervious.

1:18:26this is not gonna go well you know so it's it's 10 million for the rest of your life but there would be so much stuff at the globes that you'd be like i have not seen he did rivalry that's true for the tv stuff i would need some some prep yeah i'd watch it i would watch it if i got for 10 million dollars i'd watch he did rivalry for 10 million dollars uh you would like it everyone says that. I have a checkered history with adaptations of romance texts as opposed to romantic comedies. I wouldn't worry about that. It's just, it's a very entertaining series. Okay. And it's not very demanding. It's like six episodes.

1:19:00Okay. Where are you guys at? 350. 375. I'll do 400. Yeah. Is this the second most desired movie of the year? I think so. Because I think it's the one that I think will also get Oscar noms, whereas Doomsday won't. You know, like... But where are we at? Sorry, what was it? 400? 425. 450.

1:19:27I mean, it's definitely... What do you think is going to make more money? Dune 3 or Odyssey? The Odyssey. Which is... Boy, I don't know. Insane. I feel like Oppenheimer reset the trajectory for Nolan. Or like a movie like that has never made$980 million. and The Odyssey is way bigger from an IP perspective. How much of Oppenheimer was based on like, dude, they set off a bomb to make this movie? Like the kind of like spectacle of it and how much do they need to talk about what's in The Odyssey to get people to go see it? I think people are going to go see it because I think a lot of people have had to read this book over the course of their lives.

1:20:05It's an extraordinarily well-known story. Right. Arguably after the Bible and the story of Christ, the most well-known story in Judeo-Christian culture. So yeah, there's some awareness I would say of the material but you know Dune Part 3 is like a classic situation where you had two previous movies that were both box office hits the second one bigger than the first one and all of the central stars have only gotten significantly more famous since those movies started coming out what did we add Jack Amanda has it for$4.50 and also Oppenheimer made$50 million more domestic than Dune Part 2 interesting but I also do think that internationally I mean I don't think that American high schools are the only place where you read The Odyssey no The Odyssey is going to play everywhere yeah I'll do it for $475 $500 $525 $550

1:21:03Callum Turner in Denis Villeneuve's Bond $600 apparently he's going all over town in London saying I'm Bond Callum Turner yeah it's done deal good for him I mean he's marrying Dua Lipa and he's gonna be James Bond I'm excited for him 625 it's really nice it's really nice yeah it's really nice this is searing commentary I like the idea of young Bond I like the idea of like him coming out of like the Navy is this what they're gonna do an origin story you think or didn't Villeneuve said I don't wanna do do one of those Alan Turner's 35 yeah but you know he's not he's not gonna be like oh I'm I'm late middle age Bond I'm broken down like Daniel Craig I'm seeing here on Wikipedia he previously was with Vanessa Kirby yeah you didn't know that he's really he's doing very well it's fire yeah Vanessa Kirby to do a leap and you were like I don't understand eternity I understood eternity he doesn't make it a good movie I mean he's obviously a very handsome you guys see the boys in the boat yeah George Clooney film yeah yeah yeah he's also in Masters of the Sky Air Masters of the Air yeah that was a good that was a TV show no but it's kind of amazing that Austin Butler and Callum Turner were like the leads of an Apple series that it feels like only I and 75, 80 year olds watched.

1:22:20Right, but not Andy. Andy watched like the first one. Okay. Yeah. Maybe I don't even know if Andy's seen The Pacific. Did you see the film starring David Ellison Flyboys? I didn't. Is he in it? Yeah, he's one of the leads. I haven't seen it. I haven't seen Flyboys. Great bit in Reeves' New York Mag profile of David Ellison about how he pivoted away from acting. because of the struggles of the film Flyboys Watch Along. Amanda has it for$625. I'm just Googling Colin Turner right now. $645. $650. Is he going to lose his hair? $675. He'll get it taken care of. All the British guys do. Kind of a...

1:22:58You said$650? He's got a large forehead. CR said$675. Yeah. Oh,$700. Bald Bond? Well, that's what I was going to ask. Could we do a Bald Bond? I mean, I guess Connery was a Bald Bond. But he wore a rug, though. of the piece. But he was bald AF. I'm looking though with the younger photographs with longer hair and he's still got the forehead. Where are we? So maybe that's just the pattern. Amanda has it for$700. We're in Los Angeles, California. $725. We're at the absolute centerpiece of culture right now. This is where it's all happening. Not the city, this room. $730. $750. I feel like Odyssey kind of set the market for a movie this big.

1:23:41Yeah. 750 okay uh we're just shattering records well that means whoever doesn't get this will get another big blockbuster then in this one so that means the 750 i don't have anything so anything no oh my goodness amanda 775 wow you guys are going big time for doing three i'll give it to you at 775 okay i think that's good i think that's good balance good balance yeah I'm putting something up now is that right? yes for going in snake fashion? that's correct okay hmm

1:24:18for a dollar I'll put up Toy Story 5 do you know who the villain of Toy Story 5 is Christopher? no it's an iPad who introduces do you know who's voicing the iPad? no Greta Lee that's really funny and I'm happy for her Greta Lee so wait Toy Story does this have something to do with Apple? fellow Houston's Pasadena enthusiast well I don't know whether it's actually an iPad oh it's like a tablet but it's a tablet and screen time is competing with all the other toys it's a good idea now obviously I'm the animation lover did you point that's the nominated movie? Toy Story 5 for one dollar I love the Toy Story films were you you were not on the Toy Story rewatchables I don't think I've ever seen Toy Story I found that rewatchables.

1:25:06Mallory, me, was it Mina? Story rewatchables. It might have been Mina and Mal. Sean Fennessey, Mallory Rubin, and Shea Serrano. Shea, of course. My beautiful boy Shea. Toy Story 4 rocked. Toy Story 3 rocked. Quentin Tarantino said top 10 movie of the century. What else did Quentin say? He recommended the film Chocolate, which I had not heard of before. have you seen that film yeah but from the director of Ong Bak and Ong Bak 2 uh huh will you check that one out for sure yeah um Toy Story 2 good Toy Story 1 all time classic yeah life changing movie do you think this is the best franchise it's in the conversation hmm never really stumbled in my opinion I was thinking about that with Bone Temple I think 28 months later is highly flawed yes have you done for by the way Sean has this movie for a dollar Okay.

1:26:05Have you done this with Alice? We did one and two. We got really obsessed with Jesse from two. Who is the female cowboy voiced by, who is it? Who voices Jesse? Is it Joan Cusack? It is Joan Cusack. Oh, that's nice. And we have never done three and we've never done four. Three is very scary. There's a lot of potential toy death. Three is the one where it's like they get left behind somewhere. Well, that kind of always happens, but yeah. Five I'm pumped for. and this is like this is a value play okay this movie's gonna make a shit ton of money that's fine and it's almost certainly gonna be nominated for at least one Oscar well I think that's great but we just don't really want it so you can have it well I need to get something like this I understand so I think that's good I need to fill out my roster now you have two recommendations we have not done Toy Story and it doesn't no offense I'm just too old it doesn't mean anything to me but I will say when Knox encounters too old you're younger than I am yeah but I just never watched it you just don't watch animated stuff because you were raised like a monk in Tibet in 1850.

1:27:05Listen, I'm doing my best to overcome it. But when Knox encounters a Buzz Lightyear toy, he is kind of like, ooh, what's this? I think he would really enjoy the Woody and Buzz dynamic. I would be surprised. I'll happily invite your son over to watch the movie. You can have him over It's so funny to imagine him encountering some of the franchises that Sean and I grew up with and had to wait years and years for the next movie to come out. And now he's just got 12 of them or whatever to watch. Yeah. And then Paw Patrol, I'll show them that and bring that into your house. Threw out a Paw Patrol toy this Christmas.

1:27:38Pretty good idea. Did you get it for him? No, absolutely not. Someone else said a grandparent who will not be named, but I bet you can guess. And goodbye to that toy. How's the volume on the keyboard doing? So we got a replacement Casio keyboard. I think that might have too much firepower, man. I know. But Knox understands how the volume top, and he will just turn it all the way up and then hit the drums. And you can yell, Knox, turn it down as loud as possible, and he will not do that. It's really psychotic. He's very precious. No, I know. But Chris and Phoebe gave him his first keyboard, so I blame them.

1:28:16Is it my turn? It is. I thought he would love music. Okay, he does love music. All right. Let's have fun. Project Hail Mary. Yep. $50. $60.

1:28:3170 bucks 75 bucks 80 $100 for Project Hail Mary although I'm a little concerned what is the most recent example of Amazon's theatrical stuff working out on a big box office way it's never happened except for James Bond I guess so I guess this would be you're betting on box office I bet it'll do fine critically, but probably not like... 85, yeah. Like, what did The Martian get, you know? The Martian's bit what business? Oh, on Metacritic. On Metacritic. I would guess 81. But it was nominated for... A bunch of Oscars. Several Oscars. There's a little bit of concern that they have given away too much about Project Hail Mary.

1:29:16Mm-hmm. 140. Amazon's highest grossing film worldwide is Air with$90 million. Mm-hmm. That's crazy work. That's not good. Yeah. Yeah. And this is one of the reasons why this... But I know that they're trying to like... This is the year. They hired Courtney Valenti. They're trying to be a real proper movie studio. $1.75. Okay. I'll be seeing Crime 101 imminently. Yeah. That's a new Amazon film. But I thought it was going straight to video. And it is not. Okay. Chris Hemsworth, a.k.a. Thor. I'm just doing math about how much I have left. You've done$1.75? Mm-hmm. $1.80? If you want it, just take it.

1:29:55I don't really. I'm interested so you're just bidding me up no I'm not just bidding you up it's not it's just not something wait what's the last bid 180 182 okay hold on uh 185 190 because now I have a new new strategy what's your new strategy well if I get this I feel good about where I'm at and I'll just take wacko things for the rest of the auction right you'll have Wuthering Heights Resident Evil and Project Hail Mary. You only have The Odyssey. And Toy Story 5. That's right. And you have Dune. I similarly feel like I can now take some risks because of my slate. I have some guaranteed points in the bin.

1:30:40Okay. I will do 200. I'm excited about this film. Now, what do you make of the March release date of this movie? Wasn't Martian pretty early? Oh no, Martian was September. or anything like that. Or maybe it was fall, yeah. Same author, in case everybody's like, why do they keep bringing up the novel of Martian? Also adapted by Drew Goddard, just as the Martian was. I think I'm more worried about the Bride's March release date because that's another, we now have a history of Warner Brothers putting big name director swings in March and it not panning out box office wise. This is Amazon. I don't know how much of a strategy they have besides trying to find a soft weekend.

1:31:24They knew it was going to be sitting there for a long time. This movie is opening opposite Billy Eilish Hit Me Hard and Soft the Tour. Directed by James Cameron and Billy Eilish. You can have Project Hail Mary. Okay, great. Thank you.

1:31:39March is going to be interesting. A lot of weird movies. Scream 7, you pumped about that? Maybe we can wait. Maybe we'll hold it. I don't know. I don't know. All right. Because it's just like all the old people back now. Yeah, I don't love that they did that. I feel like they had like a pretty decent cast kind of put together and Melissa Barrera yeah okay so I have$25 left and another pick Devil Wears Prada 2 $1 we gotta bid her up gotta bid her up five bucks six bucks okay how much do you have left I have$25 I don't really want Devil Wears Prada 2 wait is that coming out it's gonna make 100 mil I'll do$26.

1:32:23I guess that's where I'm at. You're just taking it. You're taking Devil Wears Prada too. You just took it. Yeah. Bit her up. I mean, how many do you have? Right? No, I can't. Yeah. So you're taking it. That's fine. You can have it. Wow. I'm a little disappointed. I like Devil Wears Prada. I like that movie. Okay. The first one. Would you say it's the number one most rewatchable film of the century? I would not. I would not say it's in my top 50 of their most rewatchable. Is it in your top 150? That is why I love Bill Simmons. Okay. and why I love Because he said that in front of us. I mean, I think I would have some...

1:32:53I mean, it's a great choice. I love saying it to the two of you. I love you both just being dumbfounded. Can you... Three quotes from the original Devil Wears Prada. Go. Uh... No, I can't remember. You can't do a single quote. No, I mean... Can you do three? No. Yeah. You guys are absolutely... The movie is fine. It's like, it's the most seven out of ten movie of all time. It's an incredible movie. Okay. Who's the director of The Devil Wears Prada. David Frankel? Yeah. Is he directing the sequel? What are your other David Frankel faves? Didn't he... Did he direct Marley and Me? Wedding Crashers?

1:33:29He did direct Marley and Me. No, that was David Dobkin directed Wedding Crashers. I mean, you're talking to me like I don't know these things. Like, I know what's up. Who threw the lineup of the other films he's directed? Yeah, Aline Rush McKenna wrote this. She wrote 27 Dresses, which I don't care that much about. Morning Glory, deeply underrated, in my opinion. Are you a fan of Collateral Beauty from 2016? That was tough. Starring Will Smith? I wasn't. What about One Chance? Have you seen that? What's that about? Probably not. Meryl Streep is in this film. Stars James Corden as Paul Potts. Is Blunt in this movie?

1:33:59Yeah. Right. I've heard details about the plot, and I like it. You too. You're getting a little too inside baseball. You know about Resident Evil. You know about Devil Wears Prada 2. You lose in touch with the working man. Whoever said I was in touch with the working man? It's a fucking movie podcast. Joe Lunchbale is going to the cinema with his flask$5. so I have Devil Wears Prada too yeah can't do a single quote not florals for spring groundbreaking what's the one are those what did you say I like the Devil Wears Prada yeah I do it's just I don't really understand it as a finale are those the Chanel boots yeah because that's a meme yeah what does Adrian Grenier say I'm going to Boston to learn how to make french fries or whatever yeah okay so you're going to be you're going to be left with quite a large sum of money because Amanda has$25 remaining and I have$74 or$73 And is it my pick or Amanda's?

1:34:50It's my pick. It's your pick. It is? Didn't you just do Toy Story? No, Amanda just put up. She just put two up. So I got to find another one. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm.

1:35:09I'll put The Adventures of Cliff Booth on the board for a dollar. So you're basically. Because you want it. Yeah. And I was thinking about this too. Now, it probably ain't going to get you much. I'm going to probably fuck you up here. You know what I mean? Oh, that's fun. You can probably get Metacritic here. Well, strategically... I don't know if you can. People have been a little bit salty about the David Fincher movies. They are not... Completely unnecessary. Dude, do you know what I was just watching the other night because it was on cable? Tell us. Girl with a Dragon Tattoo. Yeah. You're fucking kidding me.

1:35:42It's rising. Yeah, it's so good. It's just like, honestly, like his, not even tossed off, but his like B-level work is so much better than most people's like crowning achievements. I mean, it's crazy. He's one of the greats. You know him with you. When fucking Daniel Craig comes in with the pastry and the coffee, he's like, kick your girlfriend out so I have to talk to him. I think, I think Quentin and Fincher are both really funny but in very different ways. It's insane that he is directing this. I know, I know. Also, can I tell you something? Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, 84 Metacritic. So.

1:36:14Yeah, I mean, that's evil. Listen, I didn't make it. QT has his detractors. I think 85 is too high. What about 80? I feel like all these movies we keep searching and it's like 81, 80. It's too late. Too late. He said it in 85. This is the fun of the game. About the Scott Connaissance? I don't really care. I mean, I hope he's good in the movie. Yeah. Don't really have... Is he playing his dad? I'm not going to go re-watch Hawaii Five-0. No, right? I've seen that speculated and if that is the case, that's really fun. And if there is a lot more real world collision, that would be exciting. Oliphant's in this.

1:36:45Carlo Gugino. I'm just having a hard time picturing it. Like, it just seems, it's just, it is total fantasy football for movies. Yeah. You know, where it's like David Fincher and Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt are on the same team. And like, are they going to score enough points for me to win this week? I think this is just going to be, I think, I have a feeling this is going to be kind of a bummer of a movie, but like. Really? See, I feel like it's going to be way more of like a kind of like antic, yeah, like goofy, like fun. anyway where's the bidding on this? I bid$1 for The Adventures of Cliff Booth on Netflix.

1:37:20I'll bid$10. Do you think it's going to be the summer or the fall? I don't know. I would imagine knowing Venture there's probably a lot of VFX on it but I don't know. What do you think? Summer or fall? You know they did The Killer at Venice and Netflix I do think still likes Venice. I mean I know they like Venice and Venice likes them but like as a kind of free advertisement to make the people slightly more aware of the movies than they would be otherwise for the prestige stuff. Gotta look at what their slate's gonna be because they're gonna have Narnia, probably not a Venice movie, but... I would doubt it.

1:37:54You never know? Yeah, I don't even know what else they're gonna have this fall. I'm sure there's stuff that's bubbling. Ray Gun, the Brad Bird movie. You're done? You've closed your... Ben Affleck's Animals? I think I can remember the movies I want to go for. $12. $15. $16. 20 bucks. 17. 25 bucks. 18. I'm at 25. Yeah, 19. Yeah, you don't have to. Yeah, okay. All right, so it's yours. So I have 26. No, no, no, no. Yeah, you do. I'm still in it. No, you're out of money. No, I have$73. Oh, you're right. I was doing the wrong math. You have$25. Oh, sick. How much money do I have left? Okay. Pretty much infinite compared to these two.

1:38:35Yeah, you can do whatever you want. You really want it? I mean, my slate's pretty sick if I get that. I mean. you're not gonna get any points from this movie maybe you'll get maybe you'll get Oscars maybe you'll get Oscars you're right and I I don't want to give it to you you don't have to give me anything we're playing the game I still have two slots left so you're out the thing is is the game kind of falls apart if you don't give it to me because you got to put up two movies after this

1:39:02that's bullshit that's just the order of the picking you know that order of the nominations and you spent 900 something dollars on the Odyssey taking yourself out of this conversation. I've been here the whole time. And you're talking about Kyle Tucker and what you've heard about Raccoon City. You know, we've got two more recordings together this week. I know. And if the Kyle Tucker thing happens in the middle of the pod, I'm just going to ask you guys to leave the room so that I can solo pod about it. Actually, I probably got to call Zach Lowe. That's what I'm going to end up doing. I'm going to do Mets Corner.

1:39:31Mets Corner on Netflix? You guys hear about this? You guys hear about this? Mets Corner on Netflix? What do you mean? Zach Lowe shows on Netflix. Yeah. Yeah. Mets are going to Netflix. Congratulations. That's great. This is notable. Yeah. Congratulations. The bets are going to Netflix. Do you think that that gets you a world championship? Because it hasn't gotten anyone at Best Picture. Good point. Well taken. $70.

1:40:00$71. I can bid$71. I certainly can. Do it. Do it. Do it. You think I should take it from him? Yeah, it's fine. yeah it's Binger and Tarantino $76 there we go why would you not just do $72 well because he can do whatever he wants $76 the adventures of Cliff Booth so you have one spot open but you have to put two films up that's fun now you just pick who you like more I have one spot open I have to put two films up so I have to I mean you gotta get another movie but it doesn't even have to be a movie that you're putting up Disclosure Day okay Steven Spielberg's rumored alien invasion film we got the trailer a couple weeks ago Emily Blunt Colin Firth Josh O 'Connor I mean you're gonna be able to get this so I'll just do you want it?

1:40:57I think it'll go I'll go right to 71 I think it'll go over in box office yeah I think so as well you don't okay I'm just gonna see concern trolling I'm just gonna see that I know that Universal needs it to. Okay. And that they have started this campaign very early to create awareness. We've got an original event movie. Well, it's one of the biggest movies of the year for them, for the studio. And they want the movie to be really successful. Honestly, Chris, if your lineup is Wuthering Heights, Resident Evil, Devil Wears Prada 2, Adventures of Cliff Booth, and Disclosure Day, you've absolutely won, even though he has the opposite.

1:41:36None of those movies will get 85, and none of those movies will get Oscar nominated. Well, this is why we've arrived at this weird kind of place at the auction where we're just playing for these strange numbers. But this is why I made the game. Cool. What fun it is to be across the table with you crunching numbers. I like the list if you do that and I support you. So what did you bid? Well, 71 is the most I can bid. Do it. You should do it. I would do it. Where are you? I'll take disclosure. I mean, I'm sorry to pressure you. And then I have to put up another film for you guys. Yeah. Well, no, you can't because he doesn't have any money.

1:42:11So if we don't want to bid on it, it's like the game is kind of over now. This is why it was not that fun to take adventures. No, let me put up a movie for you two to bid on. Yeah, let him do it. And you can't put a movie up because you don't have any slots. Stop being mad at us. Stop being mad at us. We've done this before in the episode. We've done this before. Like, there's no, you would have to put it up for a dollar amount. But if we choose not to bid on the movie, you can't take it because you don't have an open slot. You're not going to not choose to bid on the movie. I doubt it. Okay, go ahead.

1:42:37You go ahead. Go ahead. Then you do it. I just don't understand why you got so mad at us. Like, you're really, really mad. No, I explained this with the Cliff Booth thing that it disallows Chris to continue playing the game. Okay, I'm sorry. Yes, you're correct. Well, I don't care. That was part of my thinking with putting Cliff Booth. You know what I mean? I got you, yeah. So now I have to put a movie up. Okay. How many spots do you have left? You can do it. I have three spots left. And you have two. I have two. and you have$25 I do and I have$71 I do yes hmm what do we both want social reckoning I want I'm looking at it okay I'm looking at it hmm I'm just knocking everything off of my list that has been taken okay Wuthering Heights Project Hail Mary I had so here's how I organize this for Metacritic for box office for me.

1:43:32I want you to pick something for you. I'm not looking at the list. I've got three open spots for me right now. Yeah. So I don't have to go for it right now. Devil Wears Prada 2 also off the board. Yeah. It's tough. We all make sacrifices. No, no. It wasn't a question. I mean... For$1, Narnia the magician's nephew. All right. so this will be a box office thing well not will it well because it's going to get a limited amount of time in IMAX for two weeks two weeks IMAX exclusive can a movie cross a hundred million dollars that quickly probably but not necessarily but isn't Narnia like that that hot on the streets they're going to sell the fuck out of this movie yeah is it it again I don't know Daniel Craig I believe is Aslan and Emma Mackey bouncing back.

1:44:29Emma Mackie, Carrie Mulligan. Emma Mackie is bouncing back. I believe in her. Did you see Ella McKay? No. Okay. That would be a fun thing for you to watch. Did you ever see her Hermione imitation that she did? Oh yeah, that's good. No, I like her. Emma Mackie, I like her too. I did not like Ella McKay. You know, sure,$5. The Magician's Nephew, a novel by Sue S.W.S. $7. I can't even say I'm anticipating this movie, but I am fascinated by it. I have no relationship to Narnia. I've never read the books. I don't really know the stories. I think I maybe read them when I was a young kid, but like, yeah, this is way left field for me.

1:45:09Wow, it's a thousand years before that. Twelve dollars? Thirteen. What do you mean a thousand years before? It's a thousand years before The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. So we're getting a prequel. They participate in the beginning of Narnia's history. Here, let me just read the second paragraph. It's$13? Yeah. The Magician's Nephew is a prequel to the series. David Simms has still not texted me, by the way. I spoke with him about it last week. He explained why this is a good choice for this adaptation. I know, but then you said he was texting you, being like, ha ha, Amanda. David, you have my phone number.

1:45:40The middle third of the novel features the creation of the Narnia world by Aslan the lion, centered on a section of a lamppost brought by accidental observers from London in 1900. This is kind of a spoiler. I would have liked to have learned this while watching the film. Okay. $16. I think I'm going to read this with Alice before we go see it that's nice that's my plan we just finished The Wizard of Oz the book version like the actual book it has some illustrations but it's the first real proper book we've read and now we're going to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone book version I'm going to read your son's Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy where do you start?

1:46:19can I ask you a point of order? are you allowed to auction films that you've seen? no Oh, okay. Well. So you got Narnia? I got Narnia. Okay, so. No, no, no. You got it? Well, I had it for 16 right now. Yeah, 17. Yeah, 18. Okay. Like being Wimbledon. I mean, I will get this if I need to get it. Okay, then take it. At 18? Yeah. What do I care? I feel like it's a good get. Great. Not a sequel or a prequel, right? I mean, it is a prequel, but not in the rules. It's not been established yet. Right. This is the first in this series, this version of this adaptation. Oh, no. I just saw the word multiverse on this Wikipedia page.

1:47:08I got to close it. Okay. So I'll take Narnia the Magician's Nephew for$18. Okay. There's a multiverse in Narnia? I just, I closed the Wikipedia page. Now, we haven't done too much high-minded stuff yet. Yeah. Now you have the chance to put up two movies here. I do. And you've got three open spots. So you're like, where are you at on social reckoning? Are you, is it a bit that you're like, no, I don't want this? Or is it, are you actually curious? I'm working through it, you know, in real time. I think. You gotta get it. You think I have to get it? Just think for your soul. I think it's also, it's really good for your brand.

1:47:50You think that I have to heal and get it? It's like, it's just like a collect them all Pokemon situation where you're just like, you signed up for the Aaron Sorkin subscription. I did. And you're just, you're a lifetime subscriber. Yeah. I know, but I am. He saw that you guys made this the number one movie of the century. And he's like, I could, I could iterate on that. Yeah. I'm doubling down. As I said on the most unparticipated episodes, this will be my year of rest and relaxation and also getting what I want. And is it what I want? you know what I mean? Devil Wars brought it to social reckoning.

1:48:24I don't know what that has to do with the world of cinema. You did not say this would be your year of rest and relaxation. I assure you it will not. What if I just I know but what You just peaced out? Sorry I didn't see social reckoning I was relaxing. I mean what if I just recreate that novel you know live on the podcast. Well you know you're starting from a place of seasonal depression so that'll work. And sense and sensibility too. You know they're making movies for me now. Sense and Sensibility isn't a TV show? It's a remake. No, it's a remake. Pride and Prejudice. They're remaking the TV show.

1:48:59And Sense and Sensibility, they're doing another movie. Have you seen the 1995 Sense and Sensibility? Which one is that? Who's in it? Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. Have you seen that? I saw that. Okay. I can't quote it, but I've seen it. Yes. I can't quote it. I can't quote it. That was a curious thing. Can you quote, what is your favorite Devil Wears product quote? She just started doing it. I just started doing all of them, you know. What's your favorite? What's my favorite? Well, I mean, I think the cerulean sweater speech is important. You know, when she's in there and she like chuckles about the belts.

1:49:34Yeah, because she's like making fun of high fashion. Yeah, and they're like, it's all so different. I've seen the film like 1.7 times. I really don't. Oh, and you know, and then Meryl Streep is like, oh, so you think this is funny. You think this is just a pile of stuff. And then she goes through the thing and it turns out this sweater was chosen for you 20 years ago by the people in this room. So that's a good speech that is, I mean, it's good about the world of fashion, but, you know, can also, that's just good, good writing. Good job. I think about the line when Stanley Tucci is like, you know, these people, you know, made art, but that you live your life in.

1:50:11When he's giving her the lecture about how she sucks at life, which is at her job. which is also a good one. I mean, you know, flat. Is that when Stanley Tucci puts the gun underneath her chin and says you're in the land of wolves now?

1:50:30What's your favorite Tucci? Favorite Tucci performance? Really big fan of Big Night. Really big fan of him in Margin Call, even though it's a very small role. Did you like him as the serial killer in The Lovely Bones? I did like him as the murderer in Pelican Brief. Mm-hmm. The Assassin. Yeah. That's good. All right. I'll do Social Reckoning for$1. That's yours. Okay, great. Cool. That's fine. And I have another one. Who's playing Francis Haugen? Oh, Mikey Madison. Great cast. Intrigued by the cast. Two Jeremy's and Mikey. My beautiful Jeremy's. Yeah, my beautiful Jeremy's. Okay, I have another one.

1:51:12Verity,$1. Oh, I thought you were going to pick something else. Yeah. intriguing. Now. Yeah. See? So do you know what this is? I do. It's a Colleen Hoover. Yes. So you know who's in it? Anne Hathaway. And? Josh Hartnett. And Dakota Johnson. Clint Eastwood would be good. Clint Eastwood. I'd ask a Colleen Hoover. That's good. Here's the logline for Verity. Hired to be a ghostwriter for renowned author Verity Crawford, Loewen Ashley's assignment takes a dark turn when she discovers chilling autobiographical notes. Faced with a series of deadly family secrets, Lowen struggles to separate fiction from reality while also blurring the lines with Verity's husband.

1:51:59So Dakota Johnson is the ghostwriter? Or she's the one who's being ghostwritten about? Yes. And Anne Hathaway is the best-selling author. Great. I can't wait to see Dakota Johnson's level of commitment to this film. She is very funny in Splitsville. Dakota Johnson or Dua Lipa? As what? I wasn't going to name names. I'm doing it. Yeah, this was the thought exercise that I proposed to Zach and Sean. But like as a road trip companion? Yeah, that's it. As a road trip companion. As your ghost writer. Yeah. But like as my partner? Yeah. Yeah, as your sex partner. No. No, don't put it like that. That was put to me.

1:52:39And I didn't do it on the podcast. Some things we just... I'm not sharing my opinion. I'm just asking a question. I think that I would say Dakota Johnson. You would have to ask for her consent. I would say Dakota Johnson. Would you ask for her consent? I thought we cut that whole part. No, that's staying in. Do not cut that. Do not cut it. Verity for$1. $2. $3. When's the damn going to burst on Colleen Hoover? Because I don't think it's going to be on this one. No, I don't. And this is directed by Michael Showalter. The damn going to burst like it's going to go super huge wide or it's going to be like, oh, we've run out of...

1:53:15Probably used the wrong metaphor. I think it was thinking the latter. Like, when's it going to run dry? Nah. You think we're going strong? We're at the client. The Grisham? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I like... You made a similar comp when you were like, I went back and read the Pelican Brief. It's not very good. I mean, and this is also... We're in Nicholas Sparks' territory as well, but like trashier. There's going to be an eight-year run of these movies. At least five of them are going to go over $100 million domestic. We do also have reminders of him coming in March starring Micah Monroe. Yeah. What was the Dave Franco Alison Williams movie called?

1:53:51Regretting You. That's right. I watched that. Yeah. You watched it. Did you enjoy it? It wasn't terrible. Dude. Did you think Alison Williams? Yes it is. What? It is horrible. I mean it's like a fun movie to watch. You gotta be intoxicated to have some fun. I saw it at 10, 15 in the morning. I really wish that I was drunk for that screening for the housemate. Zootopia 2 Bella McKay yeah I mean honestly yes yeah Devil Wears Prada 2 The Odyssey Michael Sherwalter directed this movie how much did you have before 13 $3 $3 $3 or$4 $5

1:54:32it's not it's not getting an 85 yeah it's not getting any Oscars but it could go for box office it could go for box office yes now have you read that the housemaid is on track to make$275 million. Paul Feet just like kind of keeps putting up hits. Putting up numbers. Yeah. Right? He has, Simple Favor did very well. Yeah. Simple Favor 2, really tough. Yeah. What's the other Melissa McCarthy comedy that he directed? The Heat? He directed The Heat? That was a while ago. But even, I feel like, oh, and then Simple Favor 2, that didn't do well. No, that was not good. Spy. Spy. Yes. And he did The Heat.

1:55:07Did he do The Ghostbusters? He also directed Last Christmas, which should be deleted. Oh, yeah. Did you ever see Last Christmas? Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding? Yes, I did. Emma Thompson? I walked out. Did you actually? Were you with us and then you left? I did. Oh, I stayed to the end. I left for the last 20 minutes. I was like, there's a 0 % chance this improves my life. Wait, isn't the end of the last 20 minutes like a huge twist? I don't know when it's revealed. It might be revealed sooner than that. That might be the issue. We didn't talk about it on a pod, right? We just saw it. I saw it. Juliet and I talked about it.

1:55:38I was doing my job and I was like, If this is good, we'll cover it. Juliet and I talked about it. That's great. You can have Verity. Thank you. You're welcome. I wanted it. So now I can just have any movie I want. Yeah. Can I make you some suggestions? Yeah. Let's do that game. Paper Tiger. I think it's a little early. That feels like a wait and see for Can. I've heard good things about it. I think from you. From Source. But I've heard good things. I mean, I'm fired up for it. Paper Tiger. Behemoth. sure gone through some David Harbour recast as with Will Arnett open to it I like that I'm intrigued by that Paper Tiger Driver ScarJo Teller yes Driver with James Gray now we're cooking yes that's really good stuff and James Gray back on his the yards we own the night bullshit yes guys getting shot in dark train stations that's what I want so Paper Tiger Behemoth and what's the third one I would throw at you October You think we should wait, though?

1:56:42I feel like that's for us. Let's wait. Okay. I saw Tracy last week, and he was like telling me that he was watching Rebel Ridge, but he'd like fallen asleep or something and finished it. And I was like, it's probably the best film Netflix has ever made. And he was like, really? And I was like, are you familiar with the works of Saulnier? And he was just like, yeah, he seems fine. He seems like a good filmmaker. And I was like, no. He's John Ford. Do you not understand? I do remember because I think that came out while I was on leave with Psy and like your voice changed tone on the watch I was quite excited about you were like it was like Cronkite voice and then I was like well I guess I gotta go watch this important work of cinema like while pumping it and I was like that's good yeah remember when he's like F-A-S-T you know he's like

1:57:33people don't fucking know that movie rocks I can quote Rebel Ridge October is a violent action horror thriller. Yeah. But let's save that for the second half of the year. Okay. You want to suggest anything else? I mean, I could just get Avengers Doomsday. I have one I was curious to hear you say. That would be a little weird, but I could do it.

1:57:58is flower vale street coming out in in august yes so you could wait until the second i could wait until July. Maybe we'll have had a chance to even see it by then. Oh, what about Digger? Yeah. So that's in the Fermi pile. Right. That's near the top of the Fermi pile. Jesse Plemons said it's like a modern day Dr. Strangelove. Okay. I mean, I like Jesse Plemons a lot. I think he's a great actor. I also really like Tom Cruise. We could wait for this as well because it's October. We grabbed a bunch of end of year stuff here. Digger going over 100 million domestic weirdly in play a test of Tom Cruise's stardom you know at 65 don't you know retune movies generally do really well they do usually do pretty good business did Birdman do more than 100 at a different time I know I don't know let's look that up Birdman box office certainly The Revenant did Bardo did not Birdman made 103 million worldwide worldwide okay 42 domestic Digger is going to be a bigger movie, right?

1:59:00It's going to be a much bigger movie. Yeah. I'll do Digger. Okay. Good rec. Five bucks. Floor yours. Thank you. Congratulations. Thanks. I'm excited about it. Yeah. I, you know, I'm not a big Inaritu guy. I'm just not, but I am a big Tom Cruise guy. I've been a big Tom Cruise guy my whole life. Ever since I first saw him in what? Legend? Taps? Probably Legend. You saw Legend before Taps? Taps was released before I was born. Okay. No big deal.

1:59:29you have a movie Taps released in the five years that I was alive before you wasn't it 81 Taps yeah when were you born 82 yeah I know I know Chris Ryan 77 that's right Taps directed by Harold Becker yeah starring Sean Penn fan of his work you know what we got it it's 20 26 now so it's like 18 months so we gotta start concepting oh 50 Yeah, the big 5-0. Oh, I was thinking about that. I was like, what would be a funny thing? I was like, honestly, I was thinking about being like, do you guys want to go to London? Yes, let's go. And just hang out. Let's do it. That would be so fun. I think it would be fun.

2:00:09Okay, great. Or Philly. No. No, I think London would be fun. I could honestly do London and then go to Philly. This is my birthday. so you would go to London and then it would be like on the way back yeah I thought you were going to be like and then I could go to some shop somewhere that I want to go to can I tell you something yeah I'll be wherever you want whatever you need that's beautiful 50 you excited I mean it's two years from now or like 18 months from now it's like it's like 20 I rounded up I'm fine I'm fine I think it'll be great Gwyneth Paltrow is over 50 so yeah I didn't like I didn't like I didn't like the Amy Gwyneth conversation where they're like, you can't drink.

2:00:52You gotta look at... That's tough. I was just like, don't tell me that. Yeah. You gotta zag on that. You gotta be like, I'm getting a ketamine. Yeah, I think I might be closer in some regards to Sean Penn's 50s than Gwyneth Paltrow's 50s. Who do you think is more healthful, you or Gwyneth Paltrow? I don't know. I think the jury's out on some of her methods. You know? Is there a jury? That's called the internet? That's a good point. Yeah. Wonderful actress, Gwyneth. Yeah. What a great performance. I'm still stuck on the fact that they both can get 6 p.m. reservations. I mean, I know that they have an Oscar and multiple Emmys and Golden Globes between them.

2:01:36And multiple Emmys also, I believe. I think 6 is gettable. I don't think they're talking about Friday, Saturday night. 6 p.m. is real tough. Just for the record, they're both very famous. No, I know. I mean, I understand. And we are not. but Mets Corner on Netflix I mean yeah you guys heard about this yeah there's a diner in Queens Mets Corner on Netflix so I have what is your what is your deal just doing a bit okay Mets Corner on Netflix that's there you go like I said it does not mean you're getting a rake so I could go two ways here I could pick a movie that I want or I could pick a box office movie that I will be seeing Avengers Doomsday No, there's another one that is expiring before our next auction.

2:02:24That's the thing you got to look for. Yeah. And... What is expiring? Well, both of these are. But I don't...

2:02:36Here's the thing. You know what? I already have a Robert Pattinson and Zendaya movie. I paid a lot of money for Dune 3. So while I'm very excited for the drama, I'm going to zag. I'm going to follow my almost four-year-old's heart, and I'm going to do Mandalorian and Grogu. Oh, shit. Good call. Which, or Grogu, as he's known in my home. God, this is going to be terrible. It's going to be so bad. I don't even know what it's about. I don't think anybody... Is the Mandalorian a bounty hunter? Like, what is he? He is a bounty hunter. He comes across Grogu. It changes him. He becomes a... Sure, 975, 989.

2:03:13So I can do$19 for this. then there's a lot of lore about the Mandalorians and their armor so if I want to take it from you at$20 I can do that sure and then I can put up another movie or no that would be my last movie yeah you can't put up a movie she would have to yes Amanda you have$19 left and you have one more slot and$20 yeah I mean I don't really think this is going to be that what's Sigourney Weaver up to can we just put a pause on the bidding so we can talk through this for a bit because I want to I want to think about it obviously if I want it I can take it let me ask you a question about this specifically so I'm watching the Star Wars movies with my four year old she's watching them she's into it I told you this morning she woke up this morning she woke me up this morning and said dad when are we seeing The Phantom Menace the first time any four year old ever said those words in their entire lives she's seen the first three films the original trilogy then every Saturday for the next eight weeks we're going to see Star Wars movies see them like out at the Academy Museum they're screening at the Academy Museum every Saturday morning so we're skipping Solo and Rogue One because it just seems incoherent to try to explain where those movies fit in the timeline.

2:04:18But she can't wait to get to Rey. She knows about Rey. She's super fired up. So we're going to go all the way through episode nine. I'll podcast at her about episode nine when it ends and be like, this is why this destroyed my childhood. Do we watch the Mandalorian show to prepare for Mandalorian and Grogu after that? Talk to Amanda a little bit about this. I think that you could probably get away with a YouTube highlight reel of Grogu from The Mandalorian because what they did to that show where they did two seasons and then they did a book of Boba Fett but then just made it into The Mandalorian and then did more Mandalorian.

2:04:54And The Mandalorian is like a very... I think like... First season is so good. Yeah. And second season is... So watch the first season with her and then be like, and then we'll go see him and Grogu and Mandalorian in the movie. I won't be doing any of that. We have Grogu the toy at home in his boat and we'll go more of a hovercraft sure and you know where Grogu's it's like a bassinet that floats yeah when he's not in the car he often spends a lot of time in the mini kitchen in the ice maker that's where Knox has decided that he sleeps yeah that's cute it's a good spot we're just gonna go see it and Knox like every once in a while will be like how is the green baby or like how is Grogu and then he'll say is the Mandalorian nice to me which is his way of being like is that a scary person or is that not a scary person it's ambiguous you know he's got a helmet on what's up with Sigourney Weaver I think she just plays like the fixer who like sets Grogu or sets the Mandalorian up with this job that he has to do okay I don't think she has a major role you don't think this is going to be good in this movie no I'm going to let you have it for$19 okay I think that's great I mean it's a box office play and I'll be there it is I kind of wonder whether it's box office is going to translate to movie theater tickets.

2:06:13I think they have done some real negative stuff. That's true. But I am also like, I have taken Knox to see like three movies in his lifetime and I will be there. No, I'm not doubting you going there with him. I'm saying, I think that there is a, there is no buzz for this movie. There's no like Star Wars fan anticipation for this movie. They're not going to like see anything in it that they haven't seen before. It's like a continuation of a show that is like, its best days were behind it. Yeah, I just meant more like kids. Oh, no, I'm just talking about what's going to happen to this film. And since they made Dave Filoni the head of Lucasfilm.

2:06:52You know? What happened to Kathy Kennedy? She's leaving. She's retiring? Where's she moving? I don't know. I've got one movie left. Okay. I guess I've got like 50 bucks that I can spend on it. I don't know what to do. is it 50 bucks 40 bucks I closed the tab let me scroll back up okay 926 50 bucks okay

2:07:24my lizard brain yeah tells me to take spider-man brand new day okay what's the release date on that July yeah so we could wait yeah we could wait but that would feel almost like that would be like drafting Bone Temple. It's July 31st. Wow. By the time we get to June, you're not going to want to draft something that's so close. I think it's July 31st. July 31st, yeah. Wow. Yeah, it's your birthday movie. Happy birthday to me. Well, so if I do this, then that's my last sequel then. If we're abiding by these new sequel rules. Well, they were the old sequel rules. You just didn't follow them.

2:08:04You've also got two sequels. I totally forgot about that rule until just now, but... You also have two sequels. Cool. The Devil Wears Prada 2 and The Adventures of Cliff Food. Okay. It's more of a continuation than it is a sequel. It is a sequel. It's the same characters from the same writer.

2:08:23I don't have two sequels and I guess I could wait because you guys can't even get Spider-Man Brand New Day. That's not even available to you next time. Right. Okay. But in that case, what do you want? What are you thinking about? Well, If I were going to really be me, I would take Masters of the Universe, Travis Knight's forthcoming adaptation of the He-Man. The He-Man was my first favorite toy cartoon show. Are you into He-Man? I was Skeletor curious, you know? I think I was more into Mask and Transformers than I was into He-Man. Mask is just a little before my time. I didn't really get that one.

2:09:03Transformers I loved. Voltron I was really into. Yeah, I like Voltron. G.I. Joe, obviously. and then comic books and then here we are cut to 45 years later Masters of the Universe I have no idea if this is going to work it's a really funny cast I was talking about a little bit on the episode it's Idris Elba Alison Brie is it Noah Centineo is the no it's Nicholas Gallatin oh okay and Camila Mendes and Jared Leto is Skeletor which I don't like wow yeah you see Tron Aries no but I listened to the soundtrack

2:09:39check what if i just grabbed werewolf robert eggers that's not until november right christmas i believe yeah christmas i'm trying to run back the nasferatu playbook see nasferatu pretty good i saw nasferatu i liked it i was on the pod brother yeah that was a good episode talking about vampire movies it was no northman are we doing giving birth what were you doing that day nasferatu uh si was already here but i was basically trying to keep two children and quarantined in different parts of the house so they didn't get each other sick. That was a cool time in my life. You're going to take a risk.

2:10:10Okay. Because this movie might be a can. I don't know. Yeah. So I want to get ahead of it. I'm taking Jack of Spades, Joel Cohen's new film starring Josh O 'Connor. I don't know if it's going to be there. Nobody knows anything about this. I guess it's Apple. Oh. And it's a mystery in 19th century Scotland? Is that what it is? It feels very Edgar Allan Poe coded. I just want the brothers to get back together. They all do. My guess is that they will after this. My gut is telling me that they will come back for at least one more. They'll probably come back and make something that you're like, I don't know about this, and that'll turn out to be great, which is what happens every time with them.

2:10:44There's a number of different Cannes films I was considering. We mentioned Paper Tiger. We talked about Fjord on our last episode. Everybody's really excited. The Christian Manju film. The entertainment system is down. Is it Ruben Ostland? That's Ruben Ostland. It probably will be a big fall release, but it's going to be a Cannes movie. the Nahang Jin movie Hope which I think you and I should look at for future purposes the guy who made The Wailing it's his first movie since The Wailing which is like 10 years ago the Pawlikowski movie 1949 there's a Pedro Almodovar movie Bitter Christmas I was thinking about all those kind of thinking about Mortal Kombat 2 okay I think that might be the worst trailer I've ever seen I enjoyed it yeah what about Street Fighter uh I haven't seen Street Fighter 2 Street Fighter?

2:11:30No, I know you have, but have you played Street Fighter 2? No, I think I've played five video games in my life. What are they? Let's see. So Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt. Duck Hunt, crack. Duck Hunt was so awesome. Shout out to my friend Leslie who had Duck Hunt and the first Nintendo when I wasn't allowed to have them. Mario Kart.

2:11:51I played... I don't understand. You've just named three all-time classic games that you clearly enjoyed and you're like, no one is allowed to play video games in society. I mean, Tetris? I'm not saying... I'm not saying no one. I'm saying my two sons and in my home. And... I have so many plans. Well, that's fine. On your... On your premises. Reading Cormac McCarthy, playing Max Payne in Halo, watching Andor multiple times. What's the... He spins in a little ball. Sonic the Hedgehog. That was on stage. I think I played Sonic once, right? Regarding Andor, we didn't really talk about how Mon Motha is like, that's like, that's my speed.

2:12:34Seditorial and redheaded. That lady? Wow. That's real. That's step on my neck territory right there. She's a powerful lady. I wonder if I'll get to Andor. Genevieve O 'Reilly? Genevieve O 'Reilly, I believe. Maybe I will. What? Get to Andor season two. I think you would enjoy it. I think I would too, but I just, like the TV at some point, you're just too late and it's like, not to be a complete dork, but it is actually fascinatingly complex and philosophical. Okay. There is a lot going on that you are in real time during episodes. You're thinking about the conflict. Tony, Tony Gilroy. I love it.

2:13:06But I think Zach did it without me. So. What should I do? What should I do here? I thought you did Jack of Spades. Oh, yeah, I did. How much do you want to put down, Sean? 50 bucks. Let's do a clean thousand. Who else? Is Frances McDormand in this? Yes. Did you watch? What did he make? Macbeth? Yeah, I watched Macbeth. The Tragedy of Macbeth. The Tragedy of Macbeth. I watched that. You like that? I thought it was pretty good, actually. Did you see Honey Don't? What's the first one? Driveaway Dolls? Yeah. Wasn't there... I thought there was one with Beaver in the title. No, it was supposed to be Driveaway Dykes was the original title of it.

2:13:51And they kind of revealed that at the end of the movie. I saw Driveaway Dolls. I did not see Honey Don't. You saw Honey Don't? I didn't. You know, it wasn't good. Yeah. Well, that was the thing. Because remember, I took another month of leave in August and it came out in August. And I was like, I guess I could go back. You know, I have such fealty to the Coens. I love them so much. And Ethan, he's got to reunite with his bro. What do we leave on the table? Anything else? I mean, there's a lot, but we shouldn't really spoil it because we're going to be coming back at you in a couple months. Well, I guess we can talk quickly about big movies coming out the next six months that we will not have gotten.

2:14:28right so jackass five we didn't talk about that that was announced i mean yeah holy shit dude yeah that's great one of my favorite episodes of this show no disrespect is chris and i just talking about the best stunts of all time were you on leave during that episode or you're just like i'm not seeing that no i think i was on leave yeah jackass four was very fun yeah and jackass five will no doubt be very fun supergirl okay you know you didn't get minions three i know july 1st so we're probably gonna pod right then at that moment for the second round um what else mentioned Mortal Kombat 2 well Michael yeah no one wanted Michael what if Michael's nominated for 10 Oscars how would that happen they had to like reshoot the entire thing in like the last 5 minutes it's a musician biopic this happens sometimes bro The Mummy did you watch that teaser I thought I didn't watch the teaser okay no that was pretty cool Hoppers I will take Nox Scream 7 no what did you think of the they will kill you trailer you watched that I enjoyed it I think they gave away a bit much in the trailer itself but I'm I'm interested in it is there a ready or not 2 coming out this year there sure is that's cool I don't know when it's March 27th it's it's the same dudes yeah ready or not 1 what's her name not Radio Silence Radio Silence yes okay yes Bettinelli Olpin and Tyler Gillette um Amanda anything we forgot Super Mario Brothers Galaxy movie mmhmm the Super Mario Galaxy movie okay which is introducing Rosalina voiced by Brie Larson oh cool I have to admit I have to pee so bad I think that my let's keep going yeah my stomach has also been rumbling for like what about the sheep detectives You guys excited to see that one?

2:16:27I'm so hungry. Do you remember, though, when that trailer debuted at CinemaCon and we were like, is this a joke? Like, is this a parody trailer? There were no CGI sheep in that trailer, in that featurette. But then I watched the trailer and it's all CGI sheep, like being detectives. That's what the movie is. Who's voicing the sheep? A cast of thousands. Aren't there humans in it? There are humans. Hugh Jackman's in it. And isn't Emma Thompson in it as well? She is in it. Remember what she filmed for the featurette? She was just like on some random street in London and then someone was like rolling their suitcase.

2:17:01It's funny. Not allowed to be. We're going to keep going. What else do you want to talk about? Hocum? I'm excited about that movie. Faces of Death? It doesn't have a release date. It doesn't have a distributor. Free that movie. I agree. Free Faces of Death. Daniel Goldhaber's adaptation of VHS that Chris and I watched when we were 13 and thought it was real. I mean, live action Moana. You keep saying that. Will it be before or after a draft? Yes, there are. because the Bud Dwyer thing is real. Right now, you are the it's still real to me, damn it, wrestling fan who's crying in the bleachers. We're going to have to make an episode of The Pit about how bad I have to pee.

2:17:35Thanks to our producer, Jack Sanders, for his work on today's episode. We didn't even recap. I was going to say, let's recap. What? To say you're not in the movie. I got five movies. I got The Odyssey. Perhaps you've heard of it. For$926. Yes, I got Toy Story 5 for$1. Narnia of the Magician's Nephew for$18, Digger for$5, and Jack of Spades for$50. Amanda, what'd you go? I got Dune 3 for$775. I got Project Hail Mary for$200, The Social Reckoning for$1, LOL, Verity for$5, and The Mandalorian and Grogu for$19. Uh-huh. I want Billy Bean here. Wuthering Heights for$75, Resident Evil for$72, The Devil Wears Prada 2 for$26, The Adventures of Cliff Booth for$76, and Disclosure Day for$72.

2:18:21spread it around. Okay. Thanks to Jack Sanders for his work on today's episode. We'll be back on Friday with a visit to the bone temple. We'll see you then.